Extraordinary Picture Quality and Significant Bandwidth
Liberation for Higher Performance Encoding
The EN8090 encoder excels in encoding performance. Supporting a range of horizontal resolutions at 1080i and 720p, extraordinary picture quality is supported at under 6 Mbit/s with improved visible artifact removal. This new level of performance represents up to a 50% improvement over currently deployed MPEG-4 AVC HD encoders, enabling operators to pack more services into the available bandwidth without sacrificing video quality.
Comprehensive Simulcasting, Encoding and Operational Options
Designed for seamless integration into satellite, cable and terrestrial infrastructures, the EN8090 has a single-channel form factor, but supports dual-resolution encoding. This enables MPEG-4 AVC SD and HD simulcast of the same input source within the same device, an enabler for operators with hybrid SD and HD infrastructures. The EN8090 offers Variable Bitrate (VBR) and Constant Bitrate (CBR) modes, Reflex™ multi-pass statistical multiplexing; direct IP multicasting, and simultaneous PiP stream generation.
Simple Migration Path from EN8030 MPEG-4 AVC SD to HD
The EN8090 is based on the same form factor as TANDBERG Television’s EN8030 MPEG-4 AVC SD encoder. The EN8030 can be efficiently upgraded to the EN8090 whenever a service provider is ready to add HD services. This allows service providers to get started with SD and migrate to HD without costly new equipment purchases.
Experienced Integration and Interoperability with Leading HD
Receivers
Service providers can reap the full revenue-enhancing benefits of advanced HD encoding and get new services to market immediately because the EN8090 has been fully-tested and pre-integrated with the leading HD receivers on the market in two years of field deployments and lab tests.
BASE UNIT FEATURES
EN8090 Encoder (EN8090/BAS/48V)
The EN8090 can operate as an SD only encoder using SD inputs
- MPEG-4 AVC HD real-time video encoding:
- High profile compliant at Level 4 (HP@L4)
- HD-SDI video input
- Constant bitrate encoding from 1 Mbit/s to 20 Mbit/s
- MPEG-4 AVC SD real-time video encoding:
- Main profile at Level 3 (MP@L3) support
- SDI and analog video inputs
- Constant bitrate encoding from 0.250 Mbit/s to 10 Mbit/s
- Simultaneous SD MPEG-2 encoding with E5710 features (option)
- Extensive video pre-processing for optimum picture quality whatever the source
- Variable bitrate and Reflex™ statistical multiplexing support (option)
- Stereo Audio Encoding:
- MPEG-1 Layer II and Dolby Digital® (AC-3)
- Options for advanced audio and multi-channel encoding
- Digital, analog and Serial Digital embedded inputs
- Control and monitoring via web browser, front panel, or TANDBERG nCompass Control
- MPEG-2 transport stream (ASI) output
- Dual IP NIC output (option)
- 48Vdc power supply